Holder



Feb. 7, 1928.

H. L. SNYDER HOLDER Filed Sept; 8, 1925 ones- Patented F eh. 7, 1928.

UNITED STATES ATE HARRY L. SNYDER, OF WEST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO FRANK DAU, OF WEST LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HOLDER.

Application filed September 8, 1925. Serial No. 54,989.

This invention relates to improvements in holders.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved holder or supporting construc- 55 tion which may assume various positions in supporting various articles thereon.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder which can be readily collapsed so that it may be stored or shipped in knocked-down position.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be made manifest in the following detailed description and specifically pointed outin the appended claims,

reference is had to the accompanying drawings for an illustrative embodiment of the invention, wherein;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of holder in one set-up position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder shown in Fig. 1, in another set-up position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder shown in Fig. 1, in collapsed or knockeddown position.

Figs. 4: and 5 are views similar to Figs. 1 and 2, illustrating various articles supported upon the holder.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of construction.

Fig. 7 is a vertical section taken upon the line 7--7 of Fig. 6.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters designate similar parts throughout, the improved 3 holder consists of a support 10, preferably formed of sheet metal and having its sides bentforwardly as indicated at 11 and 12. A. section of stiff wire extends through apertures 13 formed adjacent the tops of the sides 11 and 12 and is bent to provide two arms 14 and 15 which are thus pivotally connected to the sides and are adapted to extend forwardly therefrom. The ends of the arms are bent outwardly as indicated at 16 and 17 to provide pins on these upper arms.

A similar section of wire extends through apertures 18 formed in the sides 11 and 12 adjacent the bottom thereof. This section of wire is bent to provide arms 19 and 20 adapted to extend forwardly from the support and which are pivotally connected to the side walls 11 and 12. The arms 19 and 20 are bent to provide a plurality of coils as indicated at 20, which coils form apertures at various intervals or positions along the arms for the reception of pins 16 and 17.

As clearly shown in Fig. 1, when the pins 16 and 17 are disposed in the outermost apertures, the upper arms 14; and 15 assume a horizontal position so that they may support a plurality of grooves or other articles as shown in Fig. 4. When the pins 16 and 17 are disposed within the innermost apertures on the arms 19 and 20, the arms 19 and 20 assume a horizontal position as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, in which positions the arms may support a plurality of arti cles such as neck ties or their equivalent, as shown in Fig. 5. In such a position it will be noted, that the various coils on the arms 19 and 20 serve to prevent the ties from running together and serve as a sort of spacing means. Obviously the pins 16 and 17 can be inserted into any of the other coils or apertures on the arms 19 and 20, causing the arms to assume intermediate positions between those extreme positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to support other articles.

As clearly shown in Fig. 3, the arms may be collapsed against the body to assume a flattened knock-down. position, permitting the complete device to be easily stored in a minimum amount of space or to be shipped without requiring a great deal of space.

In Fig. 6 there is shown a modified form of construction in which the support 21 has forwardly extending sides 22 and 23.

Upper arms 24 and 25 are pivoted as by rivets 26 to the upper ends of the side walls 22 and 23. On the outer ends of the arms 24: and 25 there are secured rivets 27 providing pins corresponding to the pins 16 and-17. In this form of construction the upper arms 24 and 25 and the lower arms 28 and 29 are formed of strips of sheet metal or strap iron, the lower arms being pivoted adjacent the bottom of the side walls 22 and 23 as by rivets 30. In the lower arms 28 and 29 there are formed apertures 31 for the reception of pins 2?, corresponding tothe apertures formed by the coil 21. This form of holder operates in the same manner as that form shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive.

From the above described construction it will be readily appreciated that improved form of holder is provided which may assume various supporting positions for supporting and displaying Various articles.

Various changes may beinade inthe details of construction without departing from it-heispirit.orscope ofthe invention as defined ,f ormd injche lower arms in ryhich said pins ziiejceivzihle, for detachably securing, the

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' 3. A holder comprising a support consisting of a sectionof sheetmetal having forwardly extending sides, arms pivoted to said sides-adjacent the topthereof, arms pivoted to said sides adjacent the bottom thereof, means providing pins on the ends of the upper arms, there being apertures formed in the low arms at various locations, any of Whiohare adapted to receive the pins on the npperarms for detachably securing the illnlfi flpgfitllfil? in rarious positions. p

In testiznonyphereOf I have signed my name to this speeificati'on. 1, i 1

- HARRY L. 

